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Saudis arrest 172 militants in oil plot
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070427/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_terror_sweep;_ylt=AhS4Ibu78632FBo.4Aku_O3MWM 0F

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Police arrested 172 Islamic militants, some of whom had trained abroad as pilots so they could fly aircraft in attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil fields, the Interior Ministry said Friday. A spokesman said all that remained in the plot "was to set the zero hour."

U.S. captures senior Al-Qaida operative
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070427/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_capture;_ylt=ApHYso.XbkjbwSlTzpI.kGKs0NUE

Pentagon announced Friday the capture of one of al-Qaida's most senior and most experienced operatives, an Iraqi who was trying to return to his native country when he was captured.

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